[1. Call to Order.]
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THE TIME IS NOW 6:00 PM IN THE MEETING OF THE LEANDER PLANNING AND SIGNING COMMISSION.
PLEASE LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COMMISSIONER MOSS
[3. Director's report to the Planning & Zoning Commission on action taken by City Council on the August 14, 2024, meeting.]
DIRECTOR'S REPORT.I'M REPORTING ON ACTION TAKEN BY THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THEIR MEETING ON AUGUST 15TH.
UM, THEY HAD ONE ITEM THAT WAS FORWARDED TO THEM BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND THAT WAS THE PIONEER, PIONEER FARMSTEAD, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE APPLICANT DID POSTPONE ACTION ON THAT REQUEST AND THEY'RE MAKING SOME CHANGES, UM, TO THE PUD AND I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED, BUT THAT'S IT FOR MY REPORT.
[4. Review of meeting protocol.]
TO MY LEFT ON THE WALL ARE MEETING PROTOCOLS IN CASE YOU'RE WONDERING HOW WE CONDUCT OUR MEETINGS THERE.THEY'RE ITEM FIVE IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THESE ARE FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A COMMENT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? SEEING
[ CONSENT AGENDA: ACTION]
NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.DO I HEAR A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER OLIVER.
OFFICE IN FAVOR PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[7. Conduct a Public Hearing and consider action regarding Zoning Case Z-24-0135 to amend a portion of the San Gabriel Villas Planned Unit Development on one (1) parcel of land approximately 3.028 acres ± in size, more particularly described by Williamson Central Appraisal District Parcel R588850; legally described as Lot 2, Block B of the Aven Ridge Subdivision, and generally located east of the intersection of Aven Way and 183A Toll Road, Leander, Williamson County, Texas.
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ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER ACTION REGARDING ZONING CASE Z DASH 24 DASH 0 1 3 5.
TO AMEND A PORTION OF THE SAN GABRIEL VILLAS PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT ON ONE PARCEL LAND, APPROXIMATELY 3.028 ACRES AND SIZE LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT TWO BLOCK B OF THE AVEN RIDGE SUBDIVISION.
GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF AVEN WAY AND 180 3 A TOLL ROAD STAFF PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, UH, DALE, PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
SO, UH, TONIGHT'S APPLICANT IS, UH, A MEMBER OF THE FOREST GROUP.
THEY'RE HERE, UH, FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE ZONING PROCESS.
UH, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A REQUEST, UH, TO AMEND THE SAN GABRIEL VILLA'S PUD OR VIAS PUD ORDINANCE TO REMOVE THE BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE LIMITATION FOR INDIVIDUAL USERS IN THE TYPE TWO SITE COMPONENT FOR A HOTEL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN TRACK THREE.
THIS, UH, LOT RIGHT HERE, UM, THERE ARE SOME SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS UNDER TYPE TWO, UH, SITE COMPONENT.
UM, IT LIMITS AN INDIVIDUAL U USER, UH, TO 4,000 SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA IN A SINGLE BUILDING.
THE PROPOSED HOTEL USE IS APPROXIMATELY, UH, 53,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE APPLICANT'S AMENDMENT, UH, PROPOSAL IS ONLY APPLYING TO TRACK THREE OF THE APPROVED PUD AND SEEKS TO ALLOW THE SPECIFIC HOTEL USE, UH, APPROPRIATE SQUARE FOOTAGE WITHIN A SINGLE BUILDING.
PLEASE NOTE THE PROPOSAL WILL NOT REMOVE THE SINGLE BUILDING CAP OF 6,000 SQUARE FEET OF FLORA AREA.
SO TO THE NORTH, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, PUDS AROUND THE SITE.
TO THE NORTH IS, UH, UH, THE SAN GABRIEL VILLAS, UH, PUD TRACK TWO.
IT IS UNDEVELOPED AT THE MOMENT.
TO THE EAST IS UH, ALSO THE AVEN RIDGE, UH, THE SAN GABRIEL'S PUD.
THAT IS THE MULTIFAMILY COMPONENT TO THE SOUTH IS, UH, ANOTHER PUD.
UNDER THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION, IT IS UNDEVELOPED AND TO THE WEST ACROSS THE STREET IS T SIX, AND THAT IS NORTHLINE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE PROPERTY CONTAINS NO FLOOD, PLAIN AND TREE COVER ALONG THE 180 3 FRONTAGE.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AERIAL AND MINIMAL TREE COVER ALONG THE 180 3 A FRONTAGE.
UM, THE PROPERTY HAS ACCESS ONTO, UH, 180 3 TOLL, UH, AS WELL AS AVEN WAY.
UM, EXISTING UTILITIES ARE, UH, SURROUNDING THE SITE.
THEY HAVE ACCESS TO A 12 INCH WATER LINE, UH, AND AN EIGHT INCH SEWER LINE WITHIN THE, UH, AVEN WAY RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS THIS STREET RIGHT HERE.
SO STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING, UM, CLOSELY WITH THE APPLICANT TO COORDINATE THE, UH, PROCESS, UH, OF THE AMENDMENT TO THE, UH, PUD.
SO NO DEVELOPMENT MEETING, UH, TOOK PLACE.
UH, THERE WAS PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLISHED BY THE CITY, UH, TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS THAT FELL WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE, THE PROPERTY.
UH, THERE WAS NO, UM, SINGLE FAMILY OR HOAS WITHIN THE 500 FOOT BUFFER.
UM, AND THAT WAS IN YOUR, UH, PACKET.
UH, SO THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN AN ACTIVITY CENTER, UH, THAT IS ENCOURAGING COMMERCIAL CENTERS AND DESTINATION TYPE RETAIL AND AMENITIES.
THE ADDITION OF A HOTEL USE WOULD TIE THE EXISTING CENTER TOGETHER, UH, ESPECIALLY
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CONSIDERING ITS PRO PROXIMITY TO THE NORTH LINE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH Y'ALL ALL KNOW, BUT IT'S THIS GUY OVER HERE CONSIDERING THE EVENTUAL BUILD OUT OF THE SURROUNDING COMMERCIAL LOTS.UH, WITHIN THIS P AND UH, TO THE SOUTH, UM, STAFF FEELS THIS REQUEST, UH, REQUESTED AMENDMENT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING, UH, GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND, UH, SMART, UH, TOD USES.
THEREFORE, STAFF, UH, SUPPORTS THIS AMENDMENT REQUEST.
UH, STAFF IS HERE FOR ANY, UH, QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS HERE, SO THEY'LL MAKE A SHORT PRESENTATION, UH, OR A CONVERSATION IF THEY LIKE.
THANK YOU APPLICANT PRESENTATION.
I'M WITH THE GULF COAST COMMERCIAL, DEVELOP HOTEL DEVELOPMENT.
WE'VE GOT, UH, UM, WE'RE A HOTEL DEVELOPER, RETAIL DEVELOPER, BUT, UH, WE'VE DEVELOPED 20 PLUS HOTELS AT ONE POINT.
WE OWN 40, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 19.
UM, WE'VE GOT FIVE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
ONE OF 'EM IN ROUND ROCK, UH, OFF OF 45.
THE, UH, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER FOUR UNDER CONTRACT.
WINDHAM ACTUALLY CAME TO US TO HELP DEVELOP THIS BRAND AND SO, UM, WE WORKED OUT AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO DO 30 IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY FOUR YEARS AGO, OR TWO YEARS AGO.
UM, SO WE'RE, UH, VERY HEAVILY INVESTED IN THIS, IN THIS BRAND.
WE BELIEVE IT'S A GREAT CONCEPT.
IT'S GONNA BE GREAT FOR LEANDER.
UM, AND OH, LIKE I SAID, WE, WE ACTUALLY MANAGE ALL OF OUR HOTELS, SO, SO WE DON'T HAVE A THIRD PARTY.
UM, SO WE'RE, UH, VERY INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THEY DO VERY WELL, UM, FROM ALL ASPECTS.
AND THEN MY CIVIL TEAM'S HERE, IF YOU GUYS GOT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SITE OKAY.
AND WE WILL CALL YOU UP IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS.
AT THIS TIME I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS FILLED OUT.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS? SEEING NONE.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTER DISCUSSION.
SO, I THOUGHT I HAD NO COMMENTS ON THIS TONIGHT BECAUSE I'M GOOD WITH IT IN GENERAL.
I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF.
IS THERE A REASON WHY WE OVERLY COMPLICATE THE LANGUAGE WITHIN THIS AMENDMENT? BECAUSE THAT UP THERE ON THE SCREEN IS WAY CLEARER THAN WHAT WE HAVE AS EXHIBIT A AND THE AMENDMENT, BECAUSE WE START TALKING ABOUT ALL THE OTHER TRACKS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S ONE SENTENCE IN, IN THE PURPOSE AND INTENT THAT TALKS ABOUT THE ONLY APPLIES TO TRACK THREE, WHY CAN'T WE, WHY IS THE AMENDMENT NOT MORE SUMMARIZED THERE SO THAT IT'S CLEAR ON EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE CHANGING AND NOT CHANGING AND TOUCHING? SO THE, THE PUT INCLUDES THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
UM, SO THAT MULTI-FAMILY PIECE IS STILL PART OF THE PROJECT.
SO WHEN YOU MAKE THE EDIT, WE FOCUSED ON JUST THEIR LOT FOR THE CHANGES.
IS THAT ANSWERING YOUR QUESTION OR ARE YOU YEAH, BUT I GUESS MY, I I GUESS THE BIGGEST QUESTION I HAVE IN THE BIGGEST RUB IS THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ONE SENTENCE THAT SAYS IT ONLY APPLIES TO TRACK THREE, BUT THEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT TRACKS ONE AND TWO, WHICH ALSO ARE SITE, UH, ARE TYPE TWO SITE COMPONENTS.
AND THEN IN THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, THAT SAYS THAT THE TYPE TWO SITE COMPONENT SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE HOTEL DEVELOPMENT.
AGAIN, I KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT IT JUST SEEMS A LITTLE OVERLY WORDY TO GET TO THE POINT.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ASKING.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ANY LEGAL REQUIREMENT OR ANYTHING THAT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, HAD TO DO OR IF THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE REASONING I'S ALL.
ARE YOU, I'VE GOT NO ISSUES WITH THAT.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT I, I JUST THINK WE CAN MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE CLEAR.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT B TWO WHERE IT CALLS OUT TRACK ONE, TWO, AND THREE MM-HMM.
UM, AND ARE YOU ASKING WHY WE LIST ALL THE ZONING DISTRICTS OR, YEAH, THAT WAS IT.
SO IT, IT'S BECAUSE THE ZONING APPLIES TO ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES STILL.
BUT THIS AMENDMENT ONLY APPLIES TO TRACK THREE.
THE ZONING APPLIES TO ALL THREE OF THOSE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE ZONING, BUT THIS SPECIFIC AMENDMENT ONLY APPLIES TO TRACK THREE.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE NOT SEEING IS THAT IT'S REDLINED.
WE REDLINE THE ORIGINAL, UH, POD AND THEN WE SHOW YOU.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE, NOT SEEING THE RED LINE, BECAUSE I'M NOT SEEING THE RED LINE VERSION.
USUALLY IT'LL INCLUDE ALL THE ORIGINAL TEXT WITH THE ADDITION.
THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHAT'S MAKING IT A LITTLE.
SO THAT'S, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT FOR THE COUNCIL PACKET.
MAY I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT ASKING TO BUILD HIGHER, IT'S WIDER ON THE, THE, THE, IT JUST THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE HOTEL ITSELF, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THEY WILL BE EXECUTING A MASONRY AGREEMENT TO EXCEED, UH, THE
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HEIGHT.I THINK THEY'LL GO TO 45 FEET, I BELIEVE.
SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL.
THAT'LL BE PRESENTED TO COUNSEL SHORTLY.
AND WE JUST HOPE THE ADEQUATE PARKING IS THERE.
VICE CHAIR, UH, I'M GOOD WITH THIS ONE.
COMMISSIONER KLO, NO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR COMPLAINTS.
AND I'M ALSO GOOD WITH THIS ONE.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND, UH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COSGROVE.
[8. Discuss and consider action on Tree Removal Case TRP-24-0027 regarding removal of fifteen (15) Heritage Trees and twenty-six (26) Significant Trees associated with the Leander Union Site Development Project (SD-24-0178) located at 10880 Crystal Falls Parkway, Leander, Williamson County, Texas. ]
OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA.ITEM EIGHT, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON TREE REMOVAL CASE TRP DASH 24 DASH 0 27 REGARDING REMOVAL OF 15 HERITAGE TREES AND 26 SIGNIFICANT TREES ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEANDER UNION SITE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 8 0 CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY STAFF PRESENTATION.
SO WITH THE, HAVE WE HAVE THE DEVELOPER HERE TONIGHT.
UH, THAT WILL FOLLOW UP STAFF, UH, WITH A SHORT, UH, PRESENTATION.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE TREE REMOVAL, UH, PROCESS DUE TO HERITAGE TREE REMOVALS, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO REMOVE 15 HERITAGE TREES, UH, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF 475 CALIBER INCHES AND 26 SIGNIFICANT TREES, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF 559 CALIBER INCHES.
DUE TO THE SITE DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW, UH, PER COMPOSITE ZONING ORDINANCE ARTICLE, UM, THE REMOVAL OF HERITAGE AND OR SIGNIFICANT TREES, UM, REQUIRE THE APPROVAL OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AND IN THE CASE OF A HERITAGE TREE, UH, IT REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, THIS COMMISSION WILL ALSO NOTICE IN YOUR PACKET THAT BOTH, UH, THE ARBORIST REPORT AND TREE REMOVAL EXHIBIT CONTAINED TWO HERITAGE TREES, UH, TREES NUMBER FIVE, UH, 5 4 1 9 AND 9 0 4 9, AND SEVEN SIGNIFICANT TREES.
UH, THOSE NUMBERS ARE IN YOUR PACKET, UH, THAT WERE REMOVED WITHOUT MITIGATION DUE TO THE DDI STATUS, WHICH IS DEAD DISEASED AND IMMINENT HAZARD, UH, DESIGNATION BY THE ARBORIST.
UH, THESE TREES WERE INCLUDED IN THE ARBORIST REPORT.
AND AS PART OF YOUR, UH, TREE REMOVAL EXHIBIT, UH, THERE WERE PICTURES OF THE TREES AND WHATNOT.
UM, IN, IN AN EFFORT FOR, UH, TRANSPARENCY.
SO SURROUNDING THE SITE, THIS PROPERTY IS, UH, LOCATED AT 1 0 8 8 0, UH, CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY.
UH, THE PROPERTY SURROUNDING THE PROJECT INCLUDE, UH, TO THE NORTH THERE IS KNOX WILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL TO THE WEST IS CRYSTAL FALLS, ARBOR COMMERCIAL CONDOS, AND THE CRYSTAL SPRING SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH IS ALSO THE CRYSTAL SPRING SUBDIVISION.
AND TO THE EAST IS AN UNDEVELOPED PORTION, AS WELL AS THE REMAINDER OF A CRYSTAL SPRING SUBDIVISION.
SO PRETTY MUCH SURROUNDED BY SUBDIVISION.
UH, THE PROPERTY CONTAINS NO FLOOD PLAIN AND HEAVY TREE, UH, COVER TOWARDS THE SOUTHEAST OF A LOT.
SO, UH, THE POWERPOINT, UH, WILL OUTLINE JUST THE HERITAGE TREES.
UM, WE'VE PULLED THEM OUT BY LOCATION ON SITE, UH, SO YOU CAN KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR IT.
UM, THE A THE APPLICANT, UH, WILL BE PAYING A, A, UH, TREE REMOVAL FEE.
UM, THEY ALSO HAD, UM, AND THEY'LL PROBABLY COVER IT IN THEIR POWERPOINT, THEY HAD ADDITIONAL MITIGATION, UH, INCHES THAT THEY WERE COVERING WITH ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING.
SO THERE WAS AN EXHIBIT IN YOUR PACKET.
IT WAS L 1.3 THAT SHOWED, UH, 53 ADDITIONAL PARKING TREES AT TWO CALIBER INCHES, AS WELL AS 118 ADDITIONAL TREES THAT THEY PLANTED ON SITE AT FOUR CALIBER INCHES, UH, TO GIVEN A, UH, CREDITS BACK TOWARDS THEIR MITIGATION DEFICIT OF, UH, 578.
UH, SO THEY WILL PAY THE REMAINDER, UH, FEE IN LIEU, AND THAT AMOUNT IS, UH, WITHIN YOUR PACKET.
UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.
WE'RE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE.
IS THERE AN APPLICANT PRESENTATION? THANK YOU.
HOW ARE YOU, ROBIN? GOOD EVENING HERE WITH LAUREN RENZ, OUR, UM, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
AS, UH, COREY'S PUTTING, BRINGING THIS UP.
UM, THIS IS A SIMILAR PRESENTATION THAT WE DID, UH, EARLIER FOR, UM, A-T-A-B-C WAIVER, UH, THAT WAS APPROVED A FEW MONTHS BACK.
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WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW.UM, AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I KNOW I'M, I'M GONNA TRY AND KEEP IT BRIEF.
SO I'M GONNA SLIDE THROUGH AND, UM, LET YOU SEE SOME OF THE PICTURES OF OUR PRESENTATION.
BUT, UH, WE'RE TOPO UH, WE'RE THE DEVELOPER ON THE SITE WORKING WITH NORTH POINT CHURCH WHO OWNS THE, THE PARCEL.
UM, SO YOU'LL SEE LATER ON THE SLIDE THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING A BUILDING FOR THE NORTH POINT CHURCH TO GO ON THE PROPERTY AND THEN DEVELOPING, UM, NINE OTHER BUILDINGS FOR A MIX OF USES, UH, WITH A FOCUS ON, UH, RETAIL HOSPITALITY AS WELL AS CREATIVE COMMERCIAL.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE IN THIS SLIDE EXAMPLES OF OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED, UH, THROUGHOUT AUSTIN.
UM, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, AS WE WERE KIND OF WORKING THROUGH, UM, THIS SITE AND WHAT WE REALLY LOVED ABOUT THIS SITE AND LEANDER IN GENERAL, UM, IS THE ABILITY TO LAYER WITH THE LAND AND CREATE, UH, PLACES FOR GATHERING.
UM, AND WE'RE THROUGH OUR ARCHITECTURE, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UH, WE TRIED TO TAKE AN HONEST APPROACH TO, UH, THE BUILDING, UH, DESIGN, UH, AND THEN CREATE THESE DISCOVERED EXPERIENCES.
SO AS WE KIND OF WORK THROUGH THE SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE WE DID THE BEST THAT WE COULD TO INCORPORATE AS MANY OF THE HERITAGE TREES AS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE AND THE ARCHITECTURE.
UM, SO THESE ARE JUST SOME PRECEDENT IMAGES THAT AS WE WERE STARTING TO COME UP WITH OUR DESIGN THAT INSPIRED, UM, OUR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN TEAM AS WELL AS LANDSCAPE.
UM, COREY ALREADY HIT ON THE LOCATION, SO I'LL SLIDE THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICKLY SO YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS.
ACROSS FROM KNOX, WILEY AND ROUSE HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, THIS IS A SITE PLAN, UM, SHOWING THE 10 BUILDINGS THAT I MENTIONED.
THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT POND IS ON THE SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE.
IT GRADES FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER ON THE HIGH SIDE TO THE, UH, LOW POINT ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE NATURAL FALL AND WHERE THE STORM WATER MANAGEMENT POND MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
SO YOU PROBABLY SAW IN YOUR PACKET THAT A FEW OF THE TREES WERE IN THAT AREA, AND SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO KEEP THEM FOR THAT REASON.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, IN A LOT OF THESE.
THIS IS THE FRONT OF THE PROJECT AND HERE YOU SEE SEVERAL, UM, HERITAGE TREES THAT WERE DESIGNED AROUND IN ORDER TO CREATE THESE OUTDOOR SPACES AND REALLY FOCUS ON THIS OLD GROWTH AND CREATE SHADE AND GREAT OUTDOOR SPACES THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN GATHER IN AND GRAB A BITE TO EAT AND HANG OUT WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
UH, THIS IS THE ENTRY OF THE PROJECT COMING FROM CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY, MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN IN HEADING SOUTH.
UM, THIS IS A CONCEPT OF ONE OF THE BUILDINGS UP FRONT.
UH, THIS IS BETWEEN BUILDINGS, UH, A AND B HERE IT'S NOW CONSIDERED ONE AND TWO.
UM, JUST MORE PICTURES OF, YOU CAN SEE THE ARCHITECTURE WHERE IN THE FRONT IT'S KIND OF THESE SCALED DOWN PITCHED ROOFS.
UH, LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE RESIDENTIAL TO PLAY IN WITH THE RESIDENTIAL SURROUNDING AT CRYSTAL SPRINGS, UM, AND COLD SPRINGS NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND IT.
UM, HERE'S ANOTHER, UH, RESTAURANT CONCEPT IN THE FRONT.
THIS IS THE SECOND LAYER OF BUILDINGS AND, UM, THE PROJECT ARCHITECTURE IS UTILIZING A MIX OF, UM, INTEGRATED PRECAST AS WELL AS TILE AND, UM, GLASS AND, AND, AND OTHER USES AS WELL AS YOU CAN SEE THE LANDSCAPE AND HOW IT HIGHLIGHTS, UM, THE, THE DECKING AND, AND THE OTHER ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES OF THE PROJECT.
THIS IS, UH, BETWEEN BUILDINGS, UH, D AND E.
UH, THIS IS ANOTHER DECK OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE, UH, SAVE SOME HERITAGE TREES IN BETWEEN THOSE TWO BUILDINGS, UH, TO CREATE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPERIENCE AND, AND OUTDOOR PUBLIC SPACE.
UM, THIS IS BETWEEN E AND F, UH, WHERE YOU CAME IN, IN THE FRONT AND IN THIS IMAGE, CRYSTAL FALLS PARKWAY IS IN ON YOUR, AT YOUR BACK AND YOU'RE LOOKING TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE PROJECT.
AND THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY YOU CAN SEE IN THE BACKGROUND THERE THAT THERE'S A LARGE HERITAGE TREE, UH, THAT WE NOTCHED THE BUILDINGS AROUND AND REALLY CREATED THIS OUTDOOR AREA.
UM, AND I'LL ROLL THROUGH THE REST OF THESE.
THEY'RE KIND OF, UH, SIMILAR, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THROUGH THEM HOW WE INTEGRATED THOSE HERITAGE TREES AND OUTDOOR SPACES INTO THE BUILDING ARCHITECTURE.
AND THEN THIS IS THE, UH, BUILDING FOR NORTH POINT CHURCH AND HOW WE CREATED THAT OUTDOOR, UH, AREA FOR CONGREGANTS TO CONGREGATE, UM, AROUND THAT LARGE HERITAGE, HERITAGE OAK TREE.
UH, THIS SHOWS YOU A SITE PLAN AERIAL, UM, OF WHAT THE PROJECT
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LOOKS LIKE AND, AND THE LARGE GROWTH TREES THAT WERE NOTCHED AROUND AND, AND CITED AROUND.AT THIS TIME WE'LL ENTER INTO DISCUSSION.
UH, COMMISSIONER COLOM, START WITH YOU.
UM, YOU PRESENT THIS WELL WITH, UH, A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THE TREES THAT ARE BEING MAINTAINED.
UM, I, I LIVE IN COLD SPRINGS AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO A NICE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA.
AND I, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE, UM, BUT IF I WERE TO TALK TO EVERYBODY IN COLD SPRINGS ABOUT HOW MANY HERITAGE AND SIGNIFICANT TREES ARE PLANNED FOR REMOVAL HERE, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD WOULD BOTHER A LOT OF PEOPLE.
YOU'D MENTIONED IN YOUR LETTER THAT, UM, THAT EVEN THE, UH, THE, THE INTENDED SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT HAD BEEN REDUCED, UH, IN ORDER TO PRESERVE MORE TREES.
THERE ARE 10 BUILDINGS THERE NOW.
HOW MANY MORE WERE, UH, WERE PLANNED, UM, ON THAT SITE? WELL, THE, THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS HAVE REMAINED THE SAME, BUT YOU CAN SEE IN SEVERAL OF THE INSTANCES, THE BUILDINGS ARE NOTCHED AROUND EXISTING TREES IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING AND MAKE THE TREES BE ABLE TO DEVELOP AROUND THE TREES AND KEEP THEM.
SO I WOULDN'T SAY THAT IT'S, WE LOST A BUILDING OR TWO, BUT WE DID LOSE SQUARE FOOTAGE WITHIN BUILDINGS THAT WERE PROPOSED.
'CAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT ON THIS 13 PLUS ACRES HERE.
UM, AND A LOT OF HARD SCAPE TOO, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE REQUIRED PARKING FOR AS MANY BUILDINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE ON THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT, I MEAN, THE DEVELOPMENT ON PAPER LOOKS REALLY EXCITING AND THERE'LL BE SOME COOL STUFF IN THERE.
BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT ALL OF THE AREA RESIDENTS OUT THERE, RESIDENTIAL, UH, RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA IN RELATION TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND EMPHASIS ON, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY'S DESIRED CHARACTER AND QUALITY OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING IN, UM, IT GIVES ME A LOT OF PAUSE IN TERMS OF JUST THE SHEER NUMBER OF, OF TREES THAT ARE, ARE, ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED.
UM, BUT, UH, THOSE, THOSE ARE MY, THOSE ARE MY PRIMARY COMMENTS RIGHT NOW, SO THANK YOU.
AND I WILL SAY WE HAVE MET WITH BOTH THE NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING, UM, AND GOT INITIAL FEEDBACK AND HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
DID YOU MEET WITH THE, THE ACTUAL, UH, LIKE A MEETING IN THE COMMUNITY OR WITH THE HOA BOARDS? WITH WHICH THE HOA BOARDS.
SO I MEAN, FROM A TREE REMOVAL CASE, I, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER SEEN ANYTHING QUITE THIS THOROUGH AND, AND WELL THOUGHT OUT AND PRESENTED.
UM, UH, IN FACT THE, THE EXPLANATIONS YOU PROVIDED FOR THE REASONS WHY YOU'RE REMOVING THE TREES GAVE ME SOME THOUGHT HERE AS FAR AS QUESTIONING MAYBE THE CITY IS THERE.
I MEAN, ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT PLANT.
I HAD TO THINK THAT EVERY SINGLE AVENUE WAS, WAS THOUGHT, BUT LIKE I'M LOOKING AT CERTAIN TREES AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN REFERENCE THEM OR NOT, BUT LIKE 50 45 IS THE FIRST ONE THAT COMES TO MIND.
AND IN YOUR LETTER YOU CALLED OUT THAT THAT TREE HAD TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE THE LIMBS WERE BLOCKING THE, UH, THE FIRE DRIVE, ONE OF THE DRIVEWAYS, UM, ACCESS.
AND I'M WONDERING LIKE THAT TREE IN PARTICULAR IS A, IS A HERITAGE TREE, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN TRIM OR, AND, AND MAYBE WORK WITH THE CITY ON A, ON SOME SORT OF COMPROMISE TO TRIM THAT NUMBER 5 50 45 TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW IT TO STAY THERE.
SO WE CAN STILL HAVE THAT THOROUGHFARE ACCESS FOR A, YOU KNOW, FOR A FIRE ACCESS.
I MEAN IF, IF, IF IT'S NOT POSSIBLE AT ALL TO TRIM IT, THEN I UNDERSTAND THEN YOU KNOW, IT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
BUT I WAS JUST THINKING LIKE IDEALLY IF WE CAN SAVE A FEW MORE TREES, REDUCE SOME OF YOUR, YOUR TREE MITIGATION FEES AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HAVING THE CITY BE A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, MORE LENIENT ON, ON MAYBE TRIMMING THE TREES UP AND ALLOWING THE ACCESS SO WE CAN SAVE THE TREES.
I FEEL LIKE WE CAN ALL KIND OF WORK TOGETHER ON THAT.
UH, LET'S SEE, OVERALL SITE PLAN, I KNOW WE HAVE PICTURES OF IT IN THE OVERALL PACKET AND THAT'S GONNA BE IN THE FRONT.
UM, IT'S RIGHT KIND OF THE FRONT, I WOULD SAY NORTH, UH, EAST QUADRANT OF THE, UH, PROPERTY.
IT'S NOT FILED, THIS IS THE POINTER, RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S RIGHT UP HERE.
AND PRETTY MUCH ALL THE TREES THAT I'M GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT OR ASKING ABOUT ARE IN THAT KIND OF SAME QUADRANT, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
AND SO THAT ALIGNS WITH THE NEIGHBORING ACCESS AND THAT'S WHY THE YEAH.
WE WORKED TO TRY AND ADJUST THOSE AS MUCH AS WE COULD, BUT THERE WAS A CONNECTION THAT WAS SOMEWHAT REQUIRED WITH THE NEIGHBORING DEVELOPMENT.
THAT KIND
I'M TALKING 50 45 IS MORE TOWARDS THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, THE JOB VI, BUT
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OKAY.UH, THIS ONE, THE CHALLENGE THAT WE HAD AND WE LOOKED AT THAT YEAH.
IS THAT I THINK THE ARBORIST WAS CONCERNED THAT IF WE TRIM ONE SIDE OF THE TREE YEAH.
AND IT'S NOT GONNA GROW APPROPRIATELY AND POTENTIALLY NOT SURVIVE.
SO THAT WAS THE, THAT THAT'S WHAT I WAS WORRIED ABOUT, BUT I JUST COMES KINDA LOPSIDED AND, AND FOR LONG TERM GROWTH DOESN'T WORK WELL.
OKAY THEN THAT, THAT, THAT'S FAIR.
AND THEN GO, SO 50 23 YOU MENTIONED, AND THAT WAS THE WANTING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, WHICH IS, WHICH IS STILL UNDEVELOPED.
UM, AND THAT ONE LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALMOST LIKE BASED ON WHERE YOUR FIRE LANE IS IN THE PROPERTY LINE THAT IS ON, IT'S ALMOST DEAD CENTER IN THAT FIRE LINE OR THAT DRIVEWAY WE'LL CALL IT.
UM, 'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT PARKING EITHER SIDE.
IS THERE, I WAS THINKING WITH THE CITY, IS THERE SOME SORT OF CREATIVE WAVE AND CREATE LIKE A LITTLE ROUNDABOUT AND SAVE THE TREE AND KIND OF BUILD AROUND IT AND PUT, STILL HAVE ACCESS TO, TO THAT UM, ADJACENT LOT THAT IS STILL UNDEVELOPED? IS THERE SOME COMPROMISE THE CITY CAN MAKE THERE? I'M SURE WE COULD TALK ABOUT IT.
LIKE IF Y'ALL HAD A, A PROPOSAL FOR SOMETHING.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE I MEAN EVERYTHING AS IT IS I'M GOOD WITH QUITE FRANKLY, LIKE I SAID, IT'S VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT.
YOU HAVE A TON OF TREES YOU'RE GONNA BE ADDING BACK.
IT DOES IT, IT IS A LOT OF TREE REMOVAL, BUT YOU'RE DOING A LOT WITH THIS SITE AND I THINK IT'S A, A VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT UH, YEAH, I WAS JUST THINKING IF WE COULD SAVE A FEW OR MORE OF THE TREES AND HAVE SOME COMPROMISES FROM THE CITY IN DOING THAT, MAYBE THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION BEYOND THIS MEETING THAT YOU CAN HAVE.
WE WOULD CERTAINLY OPEN UP TO SEE IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SOLUTIONS THAT WE COULD COME UP WITH THAT PERHAPS THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT PART OF IT IS THE WAY THAT THE CODE IS WRITTEN.
THAT THAT'S WHERE THE CITY AND I GUESS EVENTUALLY YEAH.
YOU EITHER GETTING IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL, YOU, YOU, THEY CAN PROBABLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE POWER THAN, THAN WE WILL HAVE HERE TO SAY.
BUT I, I, THAT WAS ANOTHER ONE IN QUESTION.
AND YOU MENTIONED 50 33, WHICH IN YOUR LETTER WAS 50 37, BUT I THINK YOU MEANT 50 33.
UH, I HAD TO ZOOM INTO THE MAP REALLY CLOSE AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A THREE, NOT A SEVEN, BUT UM, THAT ONE SEEMS LIKE IT'S INSIDE LIKE A, A CURB OR SOME SORT OF LIKE CURB STRUCTURE WITH SOME, WHICH ULTIMATELY WILL BE SOME SIDEWALKS.
AND I'M WONDERING IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THAT TREE COULD BE PRESERVED? UM, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU WROTE ABOUT IT.
UM, 'CAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY MENTIONED.
I THINK THAT'S THE ONE IN THE CORNER OF BUILDING.
YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT THE, YEAH.
AND, AND THAT, THAT ONE, THAT ONE WAS ALSO IN, IN REFERENCE OF 50 30, 50 23 OF THE SDP UH, COMMENT REQUIRING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO PROVIDE A VEHICLE CONNECTION.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S LIMB THAT ARE NEED TO BE TRIMMED UP AND THAT CREATES AN ISSUE AS WELL.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE I HAD WAS 54 67.
IT WAS RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY LINE.
LOOKS LIKE IT'S SET TO BE REMOVED MOST LIKELY BECAUSE THERE'S A, THERE'S A DRIVEWAY THERE AS WELL.
JUST WONDERING IF, ONCE AGAIN, IF WE CAN GET CREATIVE AND, AND ONCE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE GET SOME CONCESSIONS FROM THE CITY TO, TO BE, UH, CREATIVE ON, UH, KEEPING THAT TREE AROUND AS WELL.
UM, THOSE WERE MY MAIN COMMENTS.
I DID SEE LIKE YOU HAD SOME CUT THROUGHS ON THE DECK WHERE YOU'RE GONNA PRESERVE THE TREE, YOU KNOW, UM, I'VE SEEN THAT DONE.
UH, I THINK, UM, BLUE CORN HARVEST AND CEDAR PARK HAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHERE THEY BUILT AROUND A BEAUTIFUL HERITAGE TREE.
THERE WAS ONE DECK IN QUESTION WHERE I THINK, UM, I THINK IT'S TREE 54 19 THAT'S RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF ONE OF YOUR DECKS.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE IN YOUR KIND OF YOUR, YOUR TOP, YOUR NORTH, UH, MAYBE NORTHWEST QUADRANT.
IT'S THAT, UH, IT'S JUST OFF BUILDING ONE.
AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT, IF THAT TREE COULD POSSIBLY BE SAVED.
'CAUSE IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S RIGHT UP NEXT TO A WOOD DECK AND I FELT LIKE THAT'S ONE THAT YOU CAN PROBABLY GET.
I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S DEAD.
OH, IS THAT THE ONE THAT'S DEAD? YEAH.
UM, YEAH, OUTSIDE OF THAT, LIKE I SAID, VERY, VERY THOROUGH, WELL THOUGHT OUT PLAN.
I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE ALSO PAYING A LOT OF FEES OVER 140,000 IN, IN TREE REMOVAL FEES, BUT YOU'RE ALSO ADDING BACK, UH, A LOT OF TREES.
I SEE ALL THE BLUE CIRCLES HERE THAT YOU'RE ADDING BACK.
UM, THE DETENTION POND IN QUESTION, IS THAT, IS THERE GONNA BE A TRAIL OR LIKE A, A PATHWAY AROUND THAT AS WELL? IS THAT WHAT I'M SEEING HERE? OR IS THAT THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT JUST MAINTENANCE ACCESS.
IS THERE A THOUGHT ABOUT MAYBE MAKING THAT KIND OF A GREEN SPACE AND PUTTING MORE LANDSCAPING AROUND IT AND MAKING LIKE A LITTLE TRAIL AROUND IT, UH, TO TIE INTO THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT? IT'S NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED THAT WAY BECAUSE OF THE GRADING.
UM, BUT WE CAN ALSO LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL.
JUST THOUGHT, THOUGHT THAT MIGHT BE A NICE ADDITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT AS SINCE YOU'RE DOING ALL OF THIS OPEN GREEN SPACE AND, UM, EVERYTHING'S KIND OF CONNECTED TOGETHER WITH WALKWAYS MIGHT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY DOING SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING AROUND THAT.
BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY ALL I HAD.
COMMISSIONER MOSS, MAY TOO MANY
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SFIRST I WANNA APPLAUD BOTH THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER.
UM, I'VE BEEN ON PLANTING AND ZONING OVER FOUR YEARS AND FOUR YEARS AGO AND EVEN BEFORE THAT, IT SEEMED LIKE WE BULLDOZER A LOT MORE TREES.
WE DIDN'T TAKE THE TIME TO INVESTIGATE SAVING A SINGLE TREE.
IT WAS JUST EASIER TO PAY THE, IN LIEU OF AND PLOW OVER THE LOT.
AND, UH, YOU, YOU DID A VERY GOOD JOB IN TRYING TO SAVE AS MANY TREES AS WE CAN.
WE OBVIOUSLY ARE GOING TO BUILD HOMES AND BUILD BUSINESSES IN OUR TOWN AND WE'RE ACTIVELY TRYING TO SAVE AS MANY OF THESE HERITAGE TREES AND SIGNIFICANT TREES THAT WE CAN IS A VERY GOOD THING, UH, BOTH FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO KEEP THE TEMPERATURES DOWN IN TOWN LIKE THAT'S POSSIBLE IN AUGUST.
BUT I I, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT WAS PUT INTO THAT.
COMMISSIONER COSGROVE FIRST I, I I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PLAN.
I I THINK YOU'VE DONE AN, AN AMAZING JOB OF, OF, OF LAYING OUT, UM, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
MY DILEMMA IS, I I AGREE A LOT WITH, WITH COMMISSIONER KALO.
WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, AND, AND I THINK THE DILEMMA IS YOU HAVE TO CREATE ENOUGH PARKING FOR THE CHURCH, RIGHT? SO IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CHURCH, YOU SAVE A LOT MORE TREES OR IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND JUST THE CHURCH SAVE A LOT MORE TREES.
BUT, BUT THE DILEMMA IS WE HAVE 'EM BOTH.
UM, AND, UH, I MEAN THESE ARE SOME LARGE HEALTHY HERITAGE TREES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING DOWN IN, IN THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AND, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS WE'RE NOT MAKING THAT DECISION LIGHTLY.
I DON'T THINK YOU MADE THE DECISION LIGHTLY.
UM, SO IT MAY, IT REALLY MAY LOOK LIKE IT'S THE OLD DAYS THAT WE'RE JUST GONNA CLEAR CUT THE LOT.
UM, BUT IF WE WANT TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS, I I THINK WE HAVE TO SOMETIMES MAKE SOME REALLY HARD CHOICES.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY I'M GOOD.
BUT IT SOUNDS TRITE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU JUST FEEL LIKE I'M GOOD, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS, AS, YOU KNOW, SAVING TREES.
UM, WHICH IS DEFINITELY NEAR AND DEAR.
SO I, I ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER MAY AND COSGROVE WERE JUST, UM, SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT.
SOMETIMES THEY COLLIDE WITH EACH OTHER.
UH, BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE PLAN AND THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT I STILL WANT TO TAKE DOWN THE TREES SO YOU GUYS WILL SEE A HALF HAND WHEN WE START TAKING VOTES BECAUSE I, I'M GONNA VOTE FOR IT, BUT IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A HARD TUG RIGHT THERE.
I KINDA ECHO WHAT YOU JUST HEARD.
I MEAN, I, LOOKING AT THE CHARTS WHERE 78% OF THE TREES ON THE SITE HAD TO BE TAKEN OUT, I UNDERSTAND WITH THAT MANY BUILDINGS AND WITH A CHURCH AND THE PARKING NECESSARY, IT'S INEVITABLE.
I THINK WE'RE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT AND THE HERITAGE TREES, ESPECIALLY THE HERITAGE TREES, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST IRREPLACEABLE.
YOU CAN AND, AND THEY ALSO ADD A LOT OF VALUE TO YOUR DEVELOPMENT.
YOU KNOW, I'D MUCH RATHER SIT UNDER ONE OF THOSE THAN A SAPLING
BUT, UM, HAVING SAID THAT, I'M KIND OF A HALF HAND TOO.
I THINK YOU HAVE MADE AN EFFORT TO SAVE AS MANY AS YOU CAN.
AND, UM, SO WITH THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER.
UH, DO I HEAR A MOTION ON THIS? MOTION TO APPROVE? I WILL SECOND IT.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER OLIVER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MAY.
UM, OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, SO IT'S FIVE ONE AND IT PASSES.
[9. Receive a presentation regarding Roadway Impact Fee Report.]
OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE.RECEIVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING ROADWAY IMPACT FEES STAFF PRESENTATION.
I, EMILY TRUMAN, I'M THE CITY ENGINEER, UH, FOR THE CITY OF LEANDER.
UM, JUST GIVING YOU A QUICK UPDATE, UM, AS IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT.
UH, REGARDING OUR, UM, RIF FEES.
UM, THE ORDINANCE WAS ADOPTED IN JULY 7TH, 2022.
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UM, IT BECAME EFFECTIVE IN JAN, JANUARY 7TH, 2023.AND WE STARTED COLLECTING THIS YEAR IN JANUARY, 2024.
UM, AS OF TODAY, UH, OR WHEN THIS MEMO WAS PRODUCED, UH, WE COLLECTED $887,000 THREE, YOU KNOW, $329.52.
SO, UM, JUST SHY OF $900,000 IN FEES.
UM, IT'S BROKEN UP INTO DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE IN YOUR MEMO HOW IT'S DISTRIBUTED IN THE SERVICE AREAS.
PRIMARILY THESE ARE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
UM, SO IF YOU REMEMBER, OUR COLLECTION RATE IS BASICALLY 50%.
UM, WHICH, YOU KNOW, TRANSLATES TO THE ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY OF THESE PROJECTS IS ABOUT 1.6 MILLION OR $1.8 MILLION OF WHAT WE CONSIDER OR WHAT IS CONSIDERED THEIR, YOU KNOW, IMPACT TO THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
AND WE'RE COLLECTING ABOUT HALF OF THAT.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE HAVEN'T DEVELOPED ANY PARTICULAR PROJECT TO USE THESE IMPACT FEES.
UM, RIGHT NOW THE THE DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS ARE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BIGGEST SERVICE AREA WE HAVE, UH, WHERE WE'VE COLLECTED IS $354,000 AND IT COST A MINIMUM OF A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD, TO BUILD A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
SO WE'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT AT THE POINT WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY DO A PROJECT, UM, WITH THESE FEES.
AND JUST IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STATUS, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I GOT ONE QUESTION.
UM, SO THE, THE FEES ARE SUPPOSEDLY DESIGNATED TO THE DIFFERENT ZONES THAT YOU HAVE IN THE MAP HERE.
UM, IF YOU HAVE A PRESSING NEED FOR, SAY A TRAFFIC SIGNAL, FOR EXAMPLE, AND IT HAS HALF A MILLION DOLLARS JUST TO GET ONE STARTED OR UP, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT CAN BE, UH, APPROVED WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, BY PLANNING ZONING OR COUNCIL TO COMBINE SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS TO THEN SUPPORT THAT PRESSING NEED TO BUILD THAT SIGNAL? SO NO, NO.
YOU CAN'T CROSS SERVICE AREAS, NO.
UM, IF THAT BECAME A NEED, LIKE BECAUSE OF WHERE THOSE DOLLARS ARE COLLECTED IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YEAH.
THEY HAVE TO BE IN THAT SERVICE AREA.
UM, IF THAT DID BECOME AN ISSUE, THEN WE WOULD LOOK AT THE CIP PROJECTS AND, AND MAYBE TRYING TO INCORPORATE IT IN, UM, CIP CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS, UM, TO HELP, YOU KNOW, BRIDGE THE GAP TO GOT IT.
SO, SO WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE, THE PROJECTS THAT CAN BE FUNDED BY, BY THESE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES, YOU'RE LOOKING AT OUR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN, THE THINGS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, IN OUR, IN OUR MAJOR PROJECTS.
LIKE FOR INSTANCE, 'CAUSE I'M A LITTLE PARTIAL TO THIS, THE REALIGNMENT OF, UH, TWO 80 TO COLLABORATIVE WAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, WHICH INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, UM, BUYING LAND AND READJUSTING THE ROAD, ET CETERA.
THOSE ARE THE, LIKE, IT'S NOT JUST TRAFFIC SIGNALS, IT'S ANY TYPE OF, UH, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT OR, UH, PROJECT THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS OUR TRANSPORTATION GOALS, I GUESS WOULD BE THE BEST WAY TO SAY IT.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY IN YOUR RIF STUDY, YOUR ROADWAY IMPACT FEE STUDY THAT WAS USED TO BASE THESE FEES ON THERE ARE PARTICULAR PROJECTS.
UM, AND I AM NOT SURE THAT THAT WAS INCLUDED AS THE PROJECT, UH, IN THE R-I-F-R-I-F-V STUDY.
NOW THAT THAT, SO YOUR TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN IS OF, UH, IT HAS A, A DURATION OF 20 PLUS YEARS.
YOUR ROADWAY IMPACT FEE STUDY IS ONLY THE PROJECTS YOU CAN DO IN 10 YEARS OR THAT YOU WANT TO DO IN 10 YEARS.
AND SO I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE STUDY TO SEE IF THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT WAS INCLUDED IN THAT ROADWAY IMPACT FEE.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY PROJECTS THAT WE COULD USE THE FUNDING FOR.
SO, SO THINGS LIKE EXPANDING LAKELINE IF THAT'S IN THERE OR SAN GABRIEL OR ALL THOSE THINGS.
SO IT'S, IT HAS TO BE IN THAT ROADWAY IMPACT FEE STUDY IN THAT STUDY IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO USE THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEES THAT WE'RE GETTING IN THAT PARTICULAR ZONE.
COMMISSIONER KLE, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING AND I DIDN'T EITHER.
I GUESS WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN IN SIX MONTHS.
DO WE NEED, UH, DO WE NEED ACTION ON THIS ONE ROBINSON? JUST CONSIDER ACTION.
[10. Discuss and consider action on the Planning & Zoning Commission Progress Report for September 2023 to August 2024.]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10, DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ACTION ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PROGRESS REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER, 2023 TO AUGUST, 2024.[00:40:01]
STAFF PRESENTATION.ENA CASTILLO WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PROGRESS REPORT IS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL REGARDING THE ACTIVITIES CONDUCTED BY THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
THE REPORT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET AND I CAN WALK THROUGH IT IF YOU'D LIKE.
IF NOT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I HAD, UH, I HAD A COMMENT ON, I'M TRYING TO FIND THE, THE PLACE.
THERE'S A SECTION IN THE REPORT THAT TALKS ABOUT, UM, THE COMMISSION WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO HOLD JOINT WORK SESSIONS WITH CITY COUNCIL AT LEAST TWICE ANNUALLY AND IN, IN MY TIME, NOT SIX CONSECUTIVE YEARS, BUT SIX YEARS ON, I JUST REMEMBER US MEETING MAYBE ANNUALLY.
UM, COULD THAT BE CHANGED ANNUALLY OR AS REQUESTED? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
RATHER THAN SAYING WE'RE GONNA MEET TWICE A YEAR BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF MEET AT THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE.
AND WHAT DO Y'ALL FEEL ABOUT THAT? I MEAN, IT SAYS TWICE ANNUALLY, BUT I JUST DON'T REMEMBER A TIME WHEN WE MET TWICE A YEAR.
SO ARE YOU REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL ONLY MEET WITH YOU ONCE A YEAR? IS THAT THE INTENT? NO, BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF A GOAL.
LIKE NEXT YEAR OUR GOAL, WE'LL HAVE A MEETING AFTER EACH RETREAT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO IT'S A WORK PLAN, SO IF YOU ONLY WANNA DO ONE, THEN WE CAN NO, I'M, I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET THE REPORT TO WHAT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN RATHER THAN, BUT IF IT'S, IF IT'S A NEW GOAL, I'M OKAY WITH IT.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ON THE REPORT? UM, I I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, THE CASES WHERE THE COUNSEL IN ACTION, UH, DIFFERED FROM P AND Z MM-HMM.
UM, AND THE, THE FIRST TIME I DO REMEMBER IT BEING DENIED BECAUSE WE, WE, THE, THE CONCERN WAS THAT, THAT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE A SEPARATE DRIVEWAY ACCESS, NOT USING THE ACCESS THAT CAME OFF FROM REAGAN'S OVERLOOK.
UM, BUT IT ALSO SAID HC FOUR DI DON'T REMEMBER THAT BEING AN HC FOUR D UH, DEVELOPMENT.
MAYBE, MAYBE, MAYBE THE FIRST TIME THEY PRESENTED IT WAS, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS COMMERCIAL.
'CAUSE BASED ON THE SECOND TIME WE REVIEWED IT, WHICH, WHICH WE DID APPROVE THE, BUT THERE WERE STILL GREAT CONCERN FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, FROM BOTH PALMERA RIDGE AND REAGAN'S OVERLOOK ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION.
THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SFS TWO A, UH, LC TWO A AND GC THREE A, UH, ON THAT, ON THAT 50 ACRES.
SO I JUST WAS CURIOUS 'CAUSE I I, WE MAY HAVE DIFFERED FROM THE FIRST TIME IT WAS PRESENTED, BUT I I, I FELT LIKE WE WERE IN AGREEMENT WITH, WITH COUNSEL THE SECOND TIME, SO I'M NOT SURE WHICH INSTANCES THIS IS REFERRING TO.
THE BAY ZONING DATE, THE BAY ZONING IS INCORRECT.
SO I CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND UPDATE THAT.
SO THAT'S JUST AN ERROR THERE.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS MY ONLY, ONLY CALL OUT THERE.
I'M ANYONE ON THIS SIDE? UM, I, I APPRECIATE THE, THE COUNCIL ACTION DIFFERED FROM P AND Z SECTION.
UM, IT WOULD HONESTLY BE HELPFUL FOR ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF, IF IT WOULDN'T BE TOO MUCH OF AN INCONVENIENCE TO PUT THE DATES THAT THE MEETINGS WERE SO THAT I COULD EASILY FIND THOSE CASES AND KIND OF SEE WHAT THEY ARE AND SEE THE, AND MAYBE EVEN LISTEN TO COUNSEL TO SEE WHERE WE DIFFERED.
SO WE CAN DO THAT ON THE NEXT ONE.
BECAUSE I HAD TO GO BACK AND RESEARCH IT AND FIND THE DATE.
BUT I THINK IT WAS LIKE IN MARCH SOMEHOW.
AND I KNOW THAT ONE WENT BACK AND FORTH A LOT.
BUT, BUT IT WAS, IT WAS, I I REMEMBER SAID, I REMEMBER IT COMING TO US TWICE.
SO ANYWAY, YEAH, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SO, UH, DO YOU WANT TO REMIND THEM ABOUT THE, DO YOU WANT ME TO TAKE ACTION? 'CAUSE WE DO, WE NEED TO ACCEPT IT.
SO THAT'S FROM WHERE YOU'RE TAKING ACTION.
SO, UH, WE NEED TO ACCEPT IT WITH THE ONE CHANGE ON ITEM NUMBER ON THE ONE P.
MOTION APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER OLIVER, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KALO.
THE TIME IS NOW 6 44 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.